I.v. impers. [id.], to lighten (less freq. than fulgeo; in many MSS. the reading oscillates between the two words; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad Quint. 2, 16, 19, and Mos. and Orell. ad Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65).
I. Lit.: “noctu magis quam interdiu sine tonitribus fulgurat,” Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 145: “ex omnibus partibus caeli,” id. 18, 35, 81, § 354: “Jove tonante, fulgurante comitia populi habere nefas,” Cic. Div. 2, 18, 43 Orell. N. cr.: “fulgurat, cum repentinum late lumen emicuit,” Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 1.—
II. Trop.
A. Of oratory (cf. fulgeo, I. B.): fulgurat in ullo umquam verius dicta vis eloquentiae? Plin. H. N. praef. § 5; Quint. 2, 16, 19 (v. fulgeo, I. B.), Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 19.—
B. To flash, glitter, glisten, shine (poet.): “vetitoque domus jam fulgurat auro,” Stat. Th. 4, 191: “cernis, oculis qui fulgurat ignis!” Sil. 12, 723.—Part.: fulgŭrātus , a, um, pass. only as subst. plur.: fulgŭrāta , orum, n., things struck by lightning: “omnibus fulguratis odor sulphuris inest,” Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 2.
